Serendipity - A Chance Encounter

Samantha winced, "Andrew, you"re hurting me!", and shook her arms away from Andrew"s tight grip,

Andrew calmed down a little but was still being arrogant, "Samantha, why are you avoiding me? Why did you say we"re over?"

"What do you mean "why"? First, obviously, you"re a womanizer. And second, you forced me to sleep with you! Haven"t you done enough already?"

"They"re nothing to me. And C"mon! We"re together, it"s normal for me to sleep with you."

"There"s no point talking sense into someone like you, goodbye, Andrew!" Samantha said as she turned to walk away but again, Andrew doesn"t let her go. He grabbed her wrist and pulled her forcefully that Samantha was brought close to Andrew"s body. But this didn"t last for more than a few seconds as warm hands pulled Samantha away from his ex and into his arms.

Samantha was startled when she was suddenly pressed towards a man"s firm chest, but then she realized how familiar this man"s scent was that she quickly looked up and met Daniel"s calm yet worried gaze. "Daniel.", she whispered.

Daniel a.s.sured her, "I"m home."

As soon as Daniel said these words, Samantha sighed and relaxed. Daniel turned to look at Andrew and spoke in a cold tone, "You can"t lay a finger on her anymore, I suggest you leave while I"m still being nice."

"Who the h.e.l.l are you?" Andrew hissed as he looked at Daniel aggressively.

Daniel didn"t mind him, instead, he looked at Samantha again and ran his fingers on her hair, "Are you all right?"

In which Samantha answered with a very gentle smile and nodded, "I"m okay now.", She"s okay now that Daniel is here.

"Hey, I"m talking to you! How dare you ignore me??" Andrew roared at the couple in front of him.

"Are you still here?" said Daniel lazily. He couldn"t be bothered with Andrew.

"What the h.e.l.l? Who do you think you are? Don"t you know who I am?" Andrew yelled and then turned to Samantha, "Who is this p.r.i.c.k, Samantha? Are you s.c.r.e.w.i.n.g with him, huh? Is that why you don"t want to have s.e.x with me? Because you"re s.c.r.e.w.i.n.g him?" Andrew was so p.i.s.sed he didn"t mind spouting words in public.

Samantha furrowed her eyebrows, "What is this jerk spouting about in public? It"s so embarra.s.sing." She opened her mouth to talk but Daniel spoke before she could do so.

"I was going to ignore you because I don"t really have time for insignificant people but you don"t seem to understand that we want you out of our faces. So I"m going to answer you, Yes, she makes love to me. In fact, we do it like bunnies. She"s so satisfied, it"s mind-blowing for her that she keeps calling my name over.. and over.. again. Are you pleased with my answer?" Daniel spoke slowly and in a low voice, he was obviously gloating.

Samantha"s eyes opened wide and her jaw dropped from Daniel"s shameless answer. "WHAT? WHAT?? WHEN DID WE DO IT LIKE BUNNIES?" her chest heaved up and down from the sudden declaration. "How come I wasn"t aware of this? Why wasn"t I informed about this? Was I asleep while we did it?" Samantha couldn"t believe Daniel"s boldness, her cheeks were so red from embarra.s.sment.

Andrew, on the other hand, was perplexed by Daniel"s divulgence. He was speechless by what he just heard. He couldn"t get Samantha but this man did?

Andrew didn"t have time to react as Daniel already pulled Samantha away and they walked towards Daniel"s car. That"s when Andrew realized that the man with Samantha was the same man who took her away that night of Samantha"s birthday. His vicious glare followed them as the couple sped away.

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Samantha stared at Daniel the entire time in the car. She still doesn"t know what to say to him after what he said earlier.

"You"re staring at me, do you miss me that much?" Daniel smiled smugly.

Samantha looked away, embarra.s.sed. "What you said.... how shameless."

Daniel laughed at her reaction, "What? I got him to shut up right?"

"Yeah." Samantha answered and was quiet for a minute before she spoke again, "He-- Andrew was an ex."

Daniel just glanced at her and didn"t say anything so she spoke again, "I ended things with him because he forced me to sleep with him."

"It"s okay, Samantha... You don"t have to explain that." Daniel looked at her briefly and smiled, "I"m happy to see you again."

Samantha returned the smile and admitted, "Me, too."

Daniel"s heart fluttered upon hearing this. He reached his right hand to grab Samantha"s and held it, while his other hand remained on the wheel.

She was surprised by the sudden contact, she had b.u.t.terflies in her stomach. Samantha looked at her hand as Daniel lovingly stroked his thumb on it. She turned to look at Daniel, "You"re driving... you should concentrate."

Daniel smirked, "I"m capable with my hands."

This Daniel Cho really knows how to play with words.

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Daniel is driving Samantha back to his company, as they were nearing, Samantha realized something. "Oh right, what about my car? I left it there."

"I"ll have someone bring it to the company later. I want to spend time with you." Daniel said and again this made Samantha blush like a schoolgirl.

"Okay.", she said. "Oh, I don"t have my sunnies and facemask."

Daniel didn"t answer Samantha and continued to drive. Soon, they parked the car in front of the company. Daniel reached for something at the backseat and got a thin grey scarf, he handed it to Samantha, "Here."

"But I"m not cold." Samantha stared at him.

Daniel sighed and stepped out of the car; he walked around it and opened the pa.s.senger"s side. He bent down until he was face to face with Samantha. He was unnecessarily very close to her.

He looped the scarf around her neck twice and secured it in place; then he raised the scarf to her ears so that it will cover half of Samantha"s face; covering her ears, nose, and mouth. Samantha had her hair fixed up in a ponytail, Daniel pulled out her hair tie and let her hair loose.

"There, now only I am allowed to see how beautiful you are.". He leaned forward like he was about to kiss Samantha, and she locked her gaze with him, but to Samantha"s dismay, Daniel kissed her forehead before he chuckled.

Daniel Cho, you sure know how to make Samantha feel bothered. Was Samantha looking forward to kissing Daniel?

The couple strode towards the entrance of the building, they walked side by side as the people around them whispered gossips to each other.

"There"s that woman again."

"Do you know who she is?"

"Is she the president"s girlfriend?"

"I wonder if her face looks ugly, why does she need to cover up?"

"You"re too evil, Can"t she be a celebrity?"

Samantha just ignored the gossip around her but Daniel stopped, looked around him and said icily, "Am I paying all of you just to gossip? You must have a lot of free time, huh? I don"t mind giving you all overtime work."

As soon as they heard this, they all dispersed and went back to work. How dare they talk c.r.a.p about Samantha?

Daniel led Samantha towards the private elevator and soon after, they reached the top floor.

"You"re such a tyrant." Samantha chuckled, Daniel just grinned.

When they stepped out the elevator, standing outside Daniel"s office was Liam Cho and Director Leah Tan.

"President Cho, you"re here. Can I speak to you?" Leah asked, as her gaze s.h.i.+fted from Samantha to Daniel.

"What is it about?"

Leah wearing red lipstick smiled flirtatiously then walked towards Daniel and stood beside him. She was moving her fingers over the doc.u.ment and was acting coyly. She was about to touch Daniel"s arm and made it seem casual but for the other three, it was pretty obvious; Daniel instantly avoided being touched by her. She disregarded it as she continued to talk about some work stuff. Then Leah Tan turned towards Samantha, "Oh, is this a FRIEND President Cho?", she said emphasizing on the word "friend".

Why is this witch being stupid? Samantha found her comical. Before Daniel could answer, Samantha already beat him to it.

Pulling down the scarf, crossed her arms and smiled haughtily, "No, I"m his girlfriend. Why? Are you planning to steal him from me?"

Leah Tan was fl.u.s.tered especially when she saw Samantha"s face; she"s beautiful. She was caught off guard by Samantha"s provocation, "N-no, I was just curious. I didn"t mean to - I-I wouldn"t dare.", she stuttered and glanced towards Daniel, afraid.

"Good, because you can"t. Even if you want to, you won"t succeed.", Samantha smiled brightly it was so scary.

Samantha turned to Daniel and raised her hand to touch Daniel"s chest in a coquettish way, "Darling, I"m thirsty.", she said as she eyed him seductively.

"Mmm. I"ll get you something to drink." Daniel answered gently.

"Thank you." Samantha sauntered towards Daniel"s office and entered like she owned the place.

Liam Cho who witnessed everything gaped in shocked of what just happened. He couldn"t formulate words to express himself. That was the G.o.ddess in gold, right?

Daniel chuckled to himself as he watched Samantha walk towards his office, Samantha had her ways to surprise him too, apparently. He loved how she called herself "girlfriend" and how she openly flirted in front of the other two people. Daniel feels so elated right now.

"President-" Leah tried to explain. "I-I didn"t"

"Director Tan, I hope you understand the proverb, Curiosity killed the cat. Know your place." Daniel said coldly and walked away.

Leah Tan was so ashamed that she wished she could shrink and disappear.